CSAN vs. BAK, EC, GBR, PBR, VOC, WDS, ELIQ, ASTI, AMNI, and CNEY
Should you be buying Cosan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cosan include Braskem (BAK), Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Electriq Power (ELIQ), Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and CN Energy Group. (CNEY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Braskem (NYSE:BAK) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Braskem has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Braskem received 63 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.85% of users gave Braskem an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.
Cosan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braskem.
Braskem presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 246.47%. Given Cosan's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Braskem is more favorable than Cosan.
In the previous week, Braskem had 7 more articles in the media than Cosan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Braskem and 2 mentions for Cosan. Braskem's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Cosan's score of -0.55 indicating that Cosan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cosan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cosan's net margin of -8.98%. Braskem's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cosan's return on equity.
Summary
Braskem beats Cosan on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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